So How Does This Work?

Well, I am living outside 24hrs a day for 4 days.  I can however go in for two 15 minute breaks per 24hrs.  For example I went in at 11.30 this morning to have a shower, brush my teeth and change clothes etc, but apart from that I am outside hail, rain or snow.  I am having all my meals outside and these are kindly provided my Chris who is ferrying all sorts of refreshments down to me.  Thanks! I am promised ice cream soon…yay.

We have a polytunnel in the field and in this I have stashed water, juice, fruit, torches, coats, a sleeping bag that I have not used yet and other little bits and pieces.  This is great because it means that I don’t have to drag everything around with me and it all stays dry.

Me(Maria) and Pollyanne chilling out

I am generally following the two girls around the field but I am stopping here and there to post here and check emails etc.  I can still see them and am in the field with them but they are a little further away now.  They keep walking from one end of the field to the other covering the whole thing over and over again and then every few hours it is snooze time – yay.  This is my favourite bit at the moment but sometimes I sacrifice my snooze so that I can take photos or video of Hazel and Pollyanne while they sleep.  I wonder will I still be doing that tomorrow.

Wandering around the end of the field

The snooze moment catches on

Molly our little black

Me trying to instigate a general snooze

dog had to be sent in last night as she was getting tired and even though she didn’t want to leave my side I think she was relieved when she got into her bed.  So Melissa, the cat, took her place and being beside me all the time.  She did a very good job so well done to her.

Overall I have an open mind about what it is that I am trying to observe or learn.  So I am keeping notes mainly of when the girls sleep, drink, roll and groom.  Their routine with grazing is fairly simple so I am not bothering to log this – it’s up and down, up and down, up and down in seemingly random zig zag paths.  I think I am just trying to absorb information and see where it goes from there.

When I am sleeping I am simply lying down on a sleeping mat and at night time I have lots of clothes on.  I may not use my sleeping bag because it is a bit cumbersome but we will see later on what happens.

And that’s about it.  Oh, Pollyanne has disappeared…oh no, she is just behind some really tall nettles.

Charlie keeping me company

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